• Midshipmen Band, Pass in Review, MIDN Kummer, Lim, Finlayson, Bradley and NiosiF

    USMMA Celebrates Midshipman Appreciation Day

    On Wednesday, the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) celebrated Midshipman Appreciation Day.

  • Gen. William M. Fraser III, Commander, U.S. Transportation Command

    USMMA Announces 2013 Commencement Speaker

    The United States Merchant Marine Academy today announced that Gen. William M. Fraser III, ...

  • Midshipmen saluting

    U.S. Merchant Marine Academy's "Margin of Excellence Needs List 2013"

    On February 11, 2013, the U. S. Maritime Administrator, David Matsuda officially approved the...

  • Midshipmen gain real-life experience by completing a minimum of 300 days at sea.

    The World is Your Campus

    The U. S. Merchant Marine Academy is the only federal service or maritime academy that allows ...


"To educate and graduate licensed merchant mariners and leaders of exemplary character who will serve America's marine transportation and defense needs in peace and war."